Griffin appearance focuses papers

The appearance of Nick Griffin on Question Time provides the lead story for most of the papers.

The Daily Telegraph says the BBC is under siege after the BNP leader attacked Muslims and homosexuals and defended the Ku Klux Klan.

The Times says the BBC and regulator Ofcom are bracing themselves for a barrage of complaints from viewers.

The Daily Mirror criticises the BBC: "Free speech should not include the right to spread hatred on national TV".

iPhone challenge

The Guardian says colleges and universities in England could be ranked in league tables which might see poorly rated courses being improved or closed.

The Daily Telegraph says that more than a third of MPs have now repaid money claimed on expenses.

It says 260 current and former MPs have returned £637,000 to the public purse since April.

The Financial Times leads with Nokia's legal challenge to the Apple iPhone in the US.

One-man postal service

With no end in sight to the postal workers dispute, the Independent says it is time for the government to step in.

The Times says Home Secretary Alan Johnson should be the one to intervene. That is because he led the post workers for four years and is a former postman.

The Daily Mail features the one-man postal service in Plymouth that is Ken Holder.

Business is booming for the 39-year-old, who guarantees next day delivery of letters for 32 pence.

Sound of music?

The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph are among the papers to report that Julie Andrews could be first in line for a new procedure to restore vocal cords.

She received a six-figure payout after her voice was ruined during routine surgery in 1997 to remove non-cancerous throat nodules.

Now a Boston scientist has developed a gel which can restore elasticity to damaged and scarred vocal cords.

Dame Julie, 73, is said to be a regular visitor to Prof Robert Langer's lab.